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listmonk

Free and open-source self-hosted newsletter, mailing-list manager, and transactional mail.

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listmonk is a self-hosted, high-performance one-way mailing-list and newsletter manager. It is free and open source under AGPLv3, distributed as a standalone binary and requiring Postgres.

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Core capabilities

Vendor's own claim
  • Self-hosted newsletter management
  • Mailing-list management
  • Transactional email
  • Standalone-binary deployment
  • Postgres-backed operation
  • Docker deployment option

What is listmonk

Vendor's own claim

listmonk is developer-operated newsletter and mailing-list software rather than a hosted email-marketing service.

Ideal customer profile

Our read

Teams with engineering and infrastructure capacity that want to run their own mailing-list or newsletter software.

Who should look elsewhere

Our read

Teams needing a managed, no-ops email product should look elsewhere: listmonk is self-hosted, requires a Postgres database, and its documented setup includes generating configuration and installing the database. It is also a one-way mailing-list manager, so it is not a fit for two-way sales-engagement workflows.

listmonk FAQ

Is listmonk hosted or self-hosted?

It is self-hosted software distributed as a standalone binary, with Postgres as its dependency.

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What license does listmonk use?

The documentation says it is free and open source under AGPLv3.

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What does it manage?

The site describes it as a newsletter, mailing-list, and transactional-mail manager.

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What infrastructure is required?

The documentation says the standalone binary depends on a Postgres database.

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Can I deploy it with Docker?

Yes. The website provides a Docker image and sample docker-compose deployment path.

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Verify before you buy

  • No confirmed API-reference, MCP, or status documentation.
  • Published pricing was not available in the reviewed source set; confirm current commercial terms with the vendor.

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